Is A World Apart sad?

Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is A World Apart violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does A World Apart end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is A World Apart scary?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is A World Apart easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

A World Apart

Name: A World Apart
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jeroen Krabbé, Paul Freeman, Tim Roth

South Africa, 1963. A mother's love. A family's courage.

Directed by Chris Menges

Produced by Atlantic Entertainment Group, British Screen Productions

1988113 min6.4 / 10

A coming-of-age drama centered on a teenage girl navigating family dissolution and moral awakening amid apartheid's corrosive social fracture.

A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?

Clusters

Loyalty Under Pressure Doing Right In Disaster Realistic Injustice Dramas Conscience Against the System Immigrants and Exiles

Genres

Drama

Keywords

South Africa Apartheid Johannesburg, South Africa Exile Communist Party 1960s Mother Daughter Relationship

Questions people ask

Is A World Apart sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is A World Apart violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does A World Apart end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is A World Apart scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is A World Apart easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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